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The hiss of the shower covered the hitch in my breath. The steam from the stream masked the tears in my eyes. And I stepped into its scalding rain, welcoming the punishment as pain swallowed me whole. Pinging, stinging water against my scalp, rolling down my back, singeing my shoulders, teasing my skin to a dangerous shade of red.
Well at least I'm not the only one who does this. Wait is this why i do it and don't even realize it 🤔
She was a tree aflame with autumn. The strike of a match, embers and sparks. A sunset that set the sky on fire.
Cuuuuute
“But deep down, I thought you might actually show some emotion. Be vulnerable. Be honest. I always was a sucker.”
I don't think that's a good enough reason bucko
“For what it’s worth, I’m sorry.” “For what it’s worth, I don’t give a damn.”
Slow clap
I wondered if he’d think a black eye was funny. I sure as hell would.
I would too Kash. For the record
Their lives would forever be full of love, full of joy. Full of pain too, because that was the nature of life, after all.
Crying? I'm not crying. You're crying
That, and snobbery works both ways. You thumbing your nose at the things she wants is no better than her thumbing her nose at yours.”
Oof
“Love doesn’t wonder. It doesn’t question. It trusts with its whole self, as I should have. And when I looked past the things I feared, I uncovered the truth—I was afraid, and I was a fool. Can you forgive me for my pride? Can you absolve me for all the ways I hurt you? Because of all the things I want, your happiness is first and always.”
Allergies i swear
“Arches and doorways have their own magic, their own mystery. Moving through them, standing beneath them, we are in the in-between, the twilight, the passage. There’s an unspoken danger, the threat of being lost or forgotten. It’s why a husband carries his bride over the threshold—so he can protect her from any harm, any pain.
Gah
